Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 240 316
Rank change year-on-year -106 +76 -11
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 602 632 661
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.28% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.44% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 303 282 321
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,024 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% +1.46% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,625 £88,438 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.46% -6.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,236 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57,755 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -99 529 £60,000 -16.67% 2,371
London -28 318 £70,000 -12.50% 1,641
UK excluding London -163 219 £60,000 -4.00% 892
Work from Home -2 207 £60,000 -14.29% 874
North of England -44 64 £60,850 -16.07% 181
South East -131 48 £41,000 -34.40% 246
North West +5 44 £85,000 +21.43% 124
Midlands -28 36 £48,500 -19.83% 122
South West -70 29 £68,000 +19.83% 85
West Midlands -36 25 £49,250 -14.30% 78
East of England -41 23 £67,500 +3.05% 104
Yorkshire -35 18 £57,500 -23.33% 42
Scotland +8 12 £77,500 +24.00% 99
East Midlands -30 11 £39,194 -47.74% 44
Northern Ireland -76 4 - - 40
Wales -77 3 £65,000 +8.59% 19
North East -62 2 £90,000 - 15

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 42 (6.98%) Confluence
2 19 (3.16%) CMS
3 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) Drupal
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (5.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 30 (4.98%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.00%) Moqups
6 5 (0.83%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.50%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (4.82%) Workfront
2 14 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.83%) Shopify
4 3 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.50%) iTrent
5 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.33%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Eikon
6 1 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.17%) RMDS
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 79 (13.12%) AWS
2 76 (12.62%) SaaS
3 46 (7.64%) Azure
4 36 (5.98%) iPaaS
5 17 (2.82%) GCP
6 15 (2.49%) Figma
6 15 (2.49%) Google Workspace
7 14 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.83%) GitHub
8 11 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
8 11 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
10 7 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.83%) Copilot Studio
11 5 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.83%) Zapier
12 4 (0.66%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (0.50%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 42 (6.98%) Broadband
2 34 (5.65%) HTTP
3 11 (1.83%) Firewall
4 9 (1.50%) WAN
5 8 (1.33%) DNS
6 6 (1.00%) DHCP
6 6 (1.00%) LAN
6 6 (1.00%) NX-OS
6 6 (1.00%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.66%) Multicast
7 4 (0.66%) Network Security
7 4 (0.66%) SAN
8 3 (0.50%) CTI
8 3 (0.50%) Intranet
8 3 (0.50%) MPLS
8 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.50%) VSAT
8 3 (0.50%) WLAN
9 2 (0.33%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.31%) Metadata
2 13 (2.16%) Power BI
3 8 (1.33%) Big Data
4 7 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.00%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.33%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.33%) MySQL
8 2 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.17%) Db2
9 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.17%) Redis
9 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 70 (11.63%) JIRA
2 11 (1.83%) Git
3 10 (1.66%) Claude Code
4 9 (1.50%) Selenium
5 7 (1.16%) GitLab
5 7 (1.16%) Postman
6 6 (1.00%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.66%) JUnit
8 2 (0.33%) TestNG
9 1 (0.17%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 188 (31.23%) Finance
3 178 (29.57%) Marketing
4 89 (14.78%) Law
5 88 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (13.62%) Banking
7 80 (13.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (8.97%) Presentation Skills
8 54 (8.97%) Retail
9 45 (7.48%) Influencing Skills
10 36 (5.98%) Public Sector
11 31 (5.15%) Manufacturing
11 31 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (4.49%) Legal
13 18 (2.99%) Telecoms
14 15 (2.49%) Publishing
15 13 (2.16%) Electronics
15 13 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.83%) Financial Institution
17 9 (1.50%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 163 (27.08%) Product Manager
2 90 (14.95%) Lead
3 80 (13.29%) Senior
4 62 (10.30%) Product Owner
5 50 (8.31%) Software Engineer
6 39 (6.48%) Senior Manager
7 35 (5.81%) Development Engineer
7 35 (5.81%) Lead Software Engineer
7 35 (5.81%) Software Development Engineer
8 28 (4.65%) Senior Product Manager
9 20 (3.32%) Product Lead
10 16 (2.66%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (2.49%) Development Manager
11 15 (2.49%) Technical Manager
12 13 (2.16%) Platform Manager
12 13 (2.16%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (1.99%) Consultant
13 12 (1.99%) Support Engineer
13 12 (1.99%) Technical Support
13 12 (1.99%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.14%) REST
2 17 (2.82%) HTML
2 17 (2.82%) Terraform
3 15 (2.49%) Google Maps API
4 13 (2.16%) React
5 9 (1.50%) LangChain
6 8 (1.33%) PyTorch
6 8 (1.33%) TensorFlow
7 7 (1.16%) Spring
7 7 (1.16%) XML
8 6 (1.00%) Pandas
8 6 (1.00%) Spring Boot
9 5 (0.83%) CrewAI
9 5 (0.83%) CSS
9 5 (0.83%) LlamaIndex
10 4 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (0.66%) LangGraph
10 4 (0.66%) NumPy
10 4 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (0.66%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 192 (31.89%) Product Ownership
2 49 (8.14%) Social Media
3 39 (6.48%) Marketing Technology
4 38 (6.31%) Public Cloud
5 37 (6.15%) Over-the-Top Content
6 33 (5.48%) AI Agents
7 29 (4.82%) Onboarding
8 28 (4.65%) Management Information System
9 24 (3.99%) Cloud Native
10 16 (2.66%) Augmented Reality
11 15 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (2.49%) Virtual Reality
11 15 (2.49%) Web Conferencing
12 14 (2.33%) Driving Licence
13 12 (1.99%) Biopharmaceutical
13 12 (1.99%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
14 11 (1.83%) Blog
15 9 (1.50%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.66%) Linux
2 14 (2.33%) Windows
3 4 (0.66%) Unix
4 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (56.81%) Roadmaps
2 232 (38.54%) Agile
3 181 (30.07%) Product Roadmap
4 160 (26.58%) AI
5 139 (23.09%) Decision-Making
6 135 (22.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 133 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 117 (19.44%) Customer Experience
8 117 (19.44%) Product Vision
9 111 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (17.11%) User Stories
11 99 (16.45%) Product Backlog
12 96 (15.95%) Product Strategy
13 91 (15.12%) Software Engineering
14 83 (13.79%) Analytics
15 78 (12.96%) Project Management
16 77 (12.79%) User Experience
17 74 (12.29%) Mentoring
18 72 (11.96%) Product Requirements
19 67 (11.13%) Backlog Prioritisation
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.80%) Java
2 42 (6.98%) Python
3 16 (2.66%) SQL
4 12 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.99%) TypeScript
5 11 (1.83%) C++
6 9 (1.50%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.00%) R
8 4 (0.66%) Bash
8 4 (0.66%) C#
9 3 (0.50%) Bicep
9 3 (0.50%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.50%) PHP
10 2 (0.33%) ABAP
10 2 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 147 (24.42%) Degree
2 43 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 31 (5.15%) MBA
3 31 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.49%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.99%) HND
7 11 (1.83%) HNC
8 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.50%) PhD
10 8 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.16%) CCNA
11 7 (1.16%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.16%) PMP
12 6 (1.00%) CSPO
12 6 (1.00%) MCSE
13 4 (0.66%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.48%) QA
2 21 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.99%) SLA
4 9 (1.50%) PMO
5 8 (1.33%) GDPR
6 7 (1.16%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.33%) DICOM
7 2 (0.33%) GRC
7 2 (0.33%) HL7
7 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) PERC
7 2 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.50%) Docker
1 9 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.33%) Firmware
3 6 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.00%) vSphere
4 5 (0.83%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (1.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.16%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.50%) WSUS
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.17%) Kibana
5 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 52 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 40 (6.64%) Adobe
3 31 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.49%) Google
5 17 (2.82%) Facebook
5 17 (2.82%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.49%) Cisco
7 12 (1.99%) Oracle
7 12 (1.99%) Workday
8 9 (1.50%) VMware
9 6 (1.00%) FIS
9 6 (1.00%) Juniper
9 6 (1.00%) SAP
10 4 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.50%) Aderant
11 3 (0.50%) CA Agile Central
11 3 (0.50%) Fujitsu
11 3 (0.50%) iManage
11 3 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow